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RE: the future as we don't know it
Technology, bio or otherwise, is a complex and twisted thread that winds around and through our society. It takes us on great journeys, big and small, teaches and supports us, and complicates our lives. And, as you say, Mr. Saletan (Bill?), how and where it will go is a mystery. It reminds me a lot of the late 90's and the Internet Balloon. Here ...
Posted to Human Nature by RichLessing on November 9, 2008
Re: CNN's Hologram
Jeff Thanks for your comment. I agree that some of the technology used was green screen technology that has been used by weather reporters and sports television programs. But CNN did go beyond that older technology. Here is a link to an article that describes the technology in more detail: CNN election night 'hologram' breaks ...
Posted to Television by Roldie on November 8, 2008
CNN's Hologram
I respect the other opinions posted to this forum on CNN's Hologram. It is the first time I have seen this technology used on a newscast, and perhaps the same for most or all of you. First, this is not a green screen technology, which is used to report the weather in front of a weather map. It is a more sophisticated technology that used ...
Posted to Television by Roldie on November 6, 2008
What you fund is what you get
I'm one of the apocryphal high tech entrepreneurs (albeit from Austin, not the Valley). I've raised venture money for my business, and let me tell you, it’s the VCs that are really driving the proliferation ''billion or bust'' businesses. There are vast opportunities for writing software that will make nice profitable business but won't be ...
Posted to Technology by Osito on October 31, 2008
drones can't refuel themselves
I agree with most of this story. However, I spent 12 years working on military aircraft. Drones can't refuel themselves, and they can't maintain themselves. It takes lots of ground support to keep anything in the air for very long. So unless Cyberdyne Systems can come up with an army of robot maintenance crews, I think we can breath easy. No ...
Posted to Human Nature by danmanning2007 on October 31, 2008
mining the moon? dream on
Mining the moon is probibitively expensive, fantastically so. The legal issues are irrelevant. It costs millions to get a few pounds into low earth orbit. Getting to the moon and back is fantastically expensive. As a very crude analogy, imagine you're at the bottom of a 20,000 mile deep hole. This represents the earth. You have to lift yourself up ...
Posted to Explainer by zl84841g on October 22, 2008
google G-1
Hands down google does! They have better technology and better financing...
Posted to Technology by david wayne osedach on September 26, 2008
it will be better...
Give it a chance. Google Knol will be better than Wikipedia. The technology and resources are there...
Posted to Technology by david wayne osedach on September 24, 2008
technology fare
There may be less than 50 original new tech ideas. But, all it takes is one.
Posted to Technology by david wayne osedach on September 15, 2008
Sarah Palin is an internet craze
Have you seen the various websites making fun of her internet stardom? Particularly the Web 2.0 satire site www.yooRyoo.com. Crazy...
Posted to Chatterbox by ZenBoy on August 30, 2008

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